@ OSCON

I'll be speaking at OSCON in Portland, OR next week:
Open Technology Development: Open Source and the U.S. Government

The U.S. Government and Department of Defense are examining how to deploy new technology development methodologies to increase the fielding rate of software and related technology-based systems. DoD is specifically focusing on Open Technology Development (OTD), which refers to technology and business process mechanisms to allow Government-funded software code to be shared and collaboratively developed across DOD activities. This methodology allows organizations and contractors to rapidly adapt and extend existing software capabilities in response to shifting threats and requirements without being locked in to a specific vendor or held hostage to proprietary technologies.